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In late September, the AFP hosted the Central Appalachian Foodshed Conference, in partnership with the Central Appalachian Network, the Appalachian Funders Network, and the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition. The conference was the result of a regional planning team…

This post was contributed by Grayson LandCare: Grayson LandCare was the recipient of one of three of the Appalachian Foodshed Project’s Community Enhancement Grants in Virginia. Grayson LandCare, based in the Blue Ridge Plateau region of Southwest Virginia, is a community-based…

Conferences and Events Southeast WV Regional Foodshed Gathering. Fairlea, WV, November 2. At this event, producers and buyers of local food will attend trainings on hands on farm skills, as well as the business of farming. Attendees will meet their peers, learn…

This post was contributed by Laura Cheatham. Here in Western North Carolina (WNC) we have been working on developing the infrastructure of LocalWiki Asheville since April of this year, catalyzed by a partnership between Neighborhood Economics and the Asheville…